The outgoing director-general of the BBC has described the international reach of the BBC as being “absolutely crucial to any vision of ‘Global Britain’.”
BBC DG offers up Open BBC
The BBC director-general has put forward proposals to open the BBC iPlayer to third-party content, introduce a new children’s iPlayer and move from rolling news to streaming news.
New look iPlayer pushes channels and search
BBC Director-General, Tony Hall, has unveiled a new version of the BBC iPlayer that offers a new consistent design, an advanced recommendation engine and improved search.
BBC Three to cease linear broadcasts
BBC director-general Tony Hall has defended plans to move the youth-skewing TV channel BBC Three online as part of a plan to make £100 million in savings.
DG calls for iPlayer to be brought into Licence Fee
BBC director-general Tony Hall has called for the BBC Licence Fee to include viewing of content through the BBC iPlayer. In a speech to the Oxford Media Convention Lord Hall said that one of the advantages of the Licence Fee was how it had adapted over the years.